Culture and media
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport.
We cover a breadth of themes, from representations of class, race and gender in the arts, to progressive and reactionary uses of nostalgia, to the grassroots voices democratising the channels of communication.
Taking our cue from Raymond Williams’ ‘culture is ordinary’, we explore how politics works through old and new media, books, film, stage and screen, music and sport.
We cover a breadth of themes, from representations of class, race and gender in the arts, to progressive and reactionary uses of nostalgia, to the grassroots voices democratising the channels of communication.
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Whose history? Why the People’s History Museum is vital
Against high-profile claims that museums should be ‘neutral’ spaces, Danielle Child celebrates the People’s History Museum
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We need to decolonise museums
Decolonising the museum is a pathway to decolonising society. We must start by providing more honest accounts of our past, says Subhadra Das
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Croatia: against modern football?
Andrew Hodges examines football fan activism and organising in Croatia – a powerful, politicised and unpredictable battle between the left and the far right
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Is football coming home to racist England?
‘Home’ is not a simple place. Sivamohan Valluvan and Malcolm James explore the complex relationship between nationalism, race and belonging in the beautiful game.
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‘Reforming has done nothing. That’s why I’m an anarchist.’ An interview with Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah speaks to Anu Shukla about poetry, policing, the ongoing fight against racism
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Stormzy, Grenfell and what it means to be a ‘threat’
The artist is giving a vital platform to a new generation of voices pointing out the hypocrisy in which crimes get punished and which get rewarded. By Remi Joseph-Salisbury and Laura Connelly
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Transphobia is the latest weapon in a raging culture war
The vicious media campaign against trans people is part bigotry, part strategy, writes Roz Kaveney